Monday, August 27, 2012

The Rehearsal Dinner

Jess and Alan had their rehearsal dinner at a restaurant in Myrtleville overlooking the beach. Alan and his family used to vacation there as kids and grew up going to this restaurant so the night held a lot of special memories. The views there were absolutely picturesque. After a very relaxed rehearsal we enjoyed a delicious dinner. We were so excited about the wedding the next day!





Myrtleville Beach








Me and Jess

Jim (Alan's dad), Jess, Alan, Paul (Alan's bro) and Ciara (Alan's sis)


The Bride and Groom!


My handsome hubby

Me and my dad

Dad and Linda



The food was SO good!

Of course there was Guinness


My mom, Jess, me, Jim, my dad and Linda

Sunday, August 26, 2012

Ireland!

Sorry for the blogging hiatus but the end of summer has been a whirlwind and I've actually been feeling a little daunted about how much I have to blog about.
This July Jim and I traveled to Kinsale Ireland for my sister's wedding. Her husband, Alan, was born and raised in Cork City Ireland which is why we all found ourselves there for their wedding. We took over 200 pictures so I'll put them in over several posts in chronological order. For more photos (of a much higher quality) visit my dad's website: http://clarksmif.smugmug.com/

Our week there was simply amazing. While it was a long time to be away from the boys it wasn't nearly enough time to explore this awesome country. We're hoping to get back again! Alan's family, the O'Keeffes, were so warm and welcoming and made us feel like part of the family. By the last day it was really hard to say goodbye!

Hope you enjoy these pictures! More to come soon!
Jim went with the boys to a soccer match the first night

Manchester United vs Cork City

Jim and Alan meeting some famous boxer






City of Cork

City of Cork


Jim's golfing buddies: William, Christopher and Ryan

After golf Jim got to pour his own Guiness

The O'Keeffe house

Jim O'Keeffe's famous Irish coffee

Outside our hotel


Me, Jess and my mom

Linda, Dad and Jess

Dad, Linda, me and Jess

Kinsale, Ireland

Our hotel was right on the water

Kinsale

blue sky and sun!

Our hotel

Kinsale